in reply to Golf challange: match U.S. State names

106 charcters, making use of the fact that no abbreviation starts with x, y, or z. gack. 
/^[A-W]\w\z/&&"OHILAKTXWVTNVARINYKSDE MIAZWIDCOKYFL MOR MNCAL WYMSCTNM
+TNE MD UT ME"=~/$_/|/[WGPM]A|N[DHJ]/

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Re: Re: Golf challange: match U.S. State names
by Anonymous Monk on Jun 06, 2001 at 23:23 UTC
    How about 105
    /^[A-W]\w\z/&&"OHILAKTXWVTNVARINYKSDE MIAZWIDCOKYFL MOR MNCAL WYMSCTNM
+TNJ NH UT"=~/$_/|/[WGPM]A|[MN][DE]/

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